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Rock Band Songs Are About To Start Disappearing

Nothing lasts forever. That goes double for music licensed to appear in video games. Harmonix has had to make the sad, if not entirely unexpected announcement today that the first of their licensing agreements for Rock Band DLC is about to expire.


RockBand.com Has Been Hacked, So Change Your Passwords Maybe

Hackers appear to have struck RockBand.com and DanceCentral.com right as the games’ maker, Harmonix ended a 281-week run of offering new songs to both rhythm games. While that may seem late to the party to some, to others, closing down a service might be a great time to harvest user names and passwords and try using them to crack other accounts.


The People Who Make Rock Band Celebrate The Day The Music Died

Today marks the release of the final downloadable song for Rock Band. Harmonix has chosen Don McLean’s “American Pie” for the honour, which, as I’ve already said, is an absolutely perfect choice.


Rock Band’s Final Downloadable Song Is Absolutely Perfect

Back when I was in high school, we had the same DJ at every school dance. His name was Ben Skirvin, and as he was a DJ at a local radio station, he went by the handle “Swervin’ Ben Skirvin”.


Bon Voyage Rock Band, We Salute You

I actually never played Guitar Hero. Not to begin with at least. I remember trying for about ten minutes, but I kept missing the timing. I wasn’t really sure what I was supposed to be doing with those buttons so I gave up and handed it across to Tristan Ogilvie, then Editor of the Official Xbox Mag in Australia. I just sat sipping my drink as he breezed through expert tracks. He was monstrous.

But Rock Band. I played Rock Band. My entire family played Rock Band. For a period of about two years we played nothing but Rock Band.


Harmonix Will Add ‘Call Me Maybe’ To Rock Band

Call Me Maybe. Rock Band. Next Tuesday. $US1.99. Today is not just a historical day for Rock Band, or for Carly Rae Jepsen or for indecisive phonecallers. It’s a historical day for all of us. [Rock Band blog]


Rock Band Blitz: The Kotaku Review

Let’s say there’s a spectrum. On the one end, hunched in a leather jacket and stubbing out a cigarette on its boot heel, is Music. On the other end, peering over its sunglasses at a strobe-lit LCD, sits Video Games.


The People Who Make Rock Band Want Us To Make More Rock Band Puns

Yesterday I wrote about how Rock Band creator Harmonix is working on a totally new game with combat and stuff. I also threw in some hypothetical game names that probably won’t happen, since it’s a new IP and all.


The People Who Make Rock Band Are Working On A Real-Time Combat Game

Musical combat? Combat musical? Rock Band: Combat? Combat: The Beatles? Harmonix, the company behind games like Dance Central and the upcoming Rock Band Blitz, is looking for a Combat Designer “to create real-time, singleplayer combat experiences for a brand new IP on next-generation hardware”.



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